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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'back payments' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to payments that have been overdue or outstanding for a period of time. Example: The company had to make back payments for the last two years of missed wages.
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back payments
noun
Plural of back payment
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It has also held back payments to provincial governments.
NATO members do not owe dues or back payments.
The state also owes Chicago Public Schools $291 million in back payments, Ms. Bond said.
She also owed $10,000 in back payments and attorney fees.
He was unsure how much Sandusky would receive in back payments and interest.
"We then apply exactly the same approach to expecting back payments and fines".
But it added fees, back payments and penalties to his principal, raising it above $300,000.
Just today, a New York Times reporter emailed me to ask about the IRS back payments.
He said he repossessed the cab because Ms. Borges owed him $10,000 in back payments.
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And homeowners who are denied face an imposing bundle of late fees and back-payments.
The court ordered the home secretary to make back-payments to all individuals affected.
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